Ta Shee Blooming Oasis 桃園大溪花海农场

Ta Shee Blooming Oasisis located right next to Cihu Mausoleumand at 16 hectares is considered the largest farm in north Taiwan.

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Its not the flower season yet, so we can’t see the many types of flowers here

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The entire park is noted for its many beautiful flowers. Besides the flowers there are also others stuff to see and do, the many herbal plants, hand-made biscuits, lavender pillows, and DIY activities for tourist.

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Monday morning so not so many visitors, the whole garden is cool and quiet.

Cihu Mausoleum 慈湖

Open: 8am to 5pm daily.

Ticket: Free Entrance

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Cihu with many giant statue of CKS

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Jiang Jie-shi loved the beautiful landscape here since it resembles his hometown, Fenghua in China. Cihu Resort was completed in 1959, and the place was renamed to “Cihu” in 1962 in the memory of Jiang’s mother Madame Wang.

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Cihu – Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-Kuo Cultural Park

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Cihu Exhibition Hall

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This place became Cihu Mausoleumin 1975 when the late President Jiang’s remains were placed here. Situated at the north and faces south, the mausoleum is surrounded by mountains and water. Single-story brick house built in the style of Fujian and Zhejiang architecture with a four-section compound.

Cihhu Memorial Sculpture Park established in 1997, having 152 sets of bronze statues of Jiang

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1975年4月5日，蔣介石逝世奉厝於慈湖，改稱為「慈湖陵寢」。

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Mama Kitchen 妈妈厨房

Is Lunch time. Yummy Yummy.

Lunch at Mama Kitchen

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Is Lunch time and also contemporary art appreciation time

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Shenghsing Railway Station 胜兴车站

Open: 8am to 5pm daily.

Ticket: Free Entrance

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Shenghsing Old Railway Station

Shenghsing Railway stationis the highest point in western Taiwan’s north-south railway line. The station is at 402 meters elevation above sea level. The station took 5 years to built. The whole buildings only use wood as building material for its wooden beams structure without using any nails.

Shenghsing station appearance filled with a strong flavor and aura of the Japanese occupation era, after nearly a hundred years it’s still able to survived.

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After the double-track railway line in operations, Shenghsing Station and along with others old railway stations will become history.

Dragon Broken Bridge 龙腾断桥

Open:24 hours because is outdoor

Ticket: Free Entrance

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Dragon Broken Bridgelocated in Sanyi, Miaoli County Dragon Village, also known as bridge of glutinous rice. The bridge construction was started in 1905 and completed in the following year. The bridge did not use any steel or cement but uses only red bricks and granite to achieve the balancing and shock-absorbing effect. Glutinous rice brickwork, render each brick with varying unique characteristic.

There are 50 public bridge from ground level up the mountain and this is the mountain railway line highest bridge. It was destroyed by Guan Dao 7.3 earthquake in 1935, the damage is very serious and the bridge cannot be repaired.